Boom!

I hope you all had a great 4th! For the third year we spent the day with our great neighbors. We grilled a little, lit some sparklers, and watched the big fireworks show from the comfort of our driveway. We did have one scary moment. A couple of streets over from ours, one family decided to set off their own fireworks. One got out of control and skidded across several yards to land in our neighbor's driveway, only inches from all of our kids. By the grace of God alone it didn't hit anything. It was a bit crazy. The other downside to the night was that Steven wasn't here. He was watching fireworks from the sand in the Outer Banks with some of his closest friends. He'll be there all week. Rough life, huh? Other than those downers, it was a great night!

the girls chilling with our neighbor Hannah,

who was doing a little face painting for everyone

I saw this idea in Real Simple. It keeps the little ones from burning their fingers. I lit the sparklers for them, then just stuck it down in the play dough. It worked really well!

This is the only picture I got of the boy. The boys had a game going were they hid and tried to startle each other with "pop-its". They startled the adults more than they did each other!


No summer night is complete without popsicles!